Most children don’t enjoy doing housework. They like playing computer games rather than cleaning the rooms. But in Australia, Jim and Robert’s mother, Mrs Black, has good and proper methods to get their children to do housework.
Here is an example.
“Mum, have you worked out next week’s housework? Let Jim and me choose the cards I can’t wait. It’s fun!”
When Robert shouted out, his mother had already put all the cards on their big table. On the cards, there are some words like these, “sweep the floor, clean your bedroom, help mum cook, wash vegetables, make beds, feed the fish, cut the wood, clean the bathroom” and many others, Jim and Robert chose two cards for each day from Monday to Friday. Then they would hang them on the week day task board. Jim likes to clean the bathroom, so he picked up the card “clean the bathroom”. Robert loves to make the bed so he picked up his favorite card. Jim again picked up “wash vegetables” and Robert chose “feed the fish”. Soon the two boys were happy to take away all the cards
To help the children do housework, their mother thought hard and came up with this idea. Of    course, the parents did the housework on the weekends and left Jim and Robert two days free.
【小题1】 From the passage we know that most children like       .

A．doing housework

B．playing computer games

C．playing cards

D．doing housework

【小题2】 Jim and Robert chose         card for the weekdays from Monday to Friday.

A．two

B．four

C．eight

D．ten

【小题3】 Jim likes to           .

A．clean the bathroom

B．make the bed

C．feel the fish

D．sweep the floor

【小题4】 The underlined phrase “came up with” probably means “         ”.

A．looked at

B．gave up

C．thought of

D．believed in

【小题5】Who did the housework on the weekends?

A．Jim

B．Robert

C．The parents

D．The whole family

Most children don’t enjoy doing housework. They like playing computer games rather than cleaning the rooms. But in Australia, Jim and Robert’s mother, Mrs Black, has good and proper methods to get their children to do housework.
Here is an example.
“Mum, have you worked out next week’s housework? Let Jim and me choose the cards I can’t wait. It’s fun!”
When Robert shouted out, his mother had already put all the cards on their big table. On the cards, there are some words like these, “sweep the floor, clean your bedroom, help mum cook, wash vegetables, make beds, feed the fish, cut the wood, clean the bathroom” and many others, Jim and Robert chose two cards for each day from Monday to Friday. Then they would hang them on the week day task board. Jim likes to clean the bathroom, so he picked up the card “clean the bathroom”. Robert loves to make the bed so he picked up his favorite card. Jim again picked up “wash vegetables” and Robert chose “feed the fish”. Soon the two boys were happy to take away all the cards
To help the children do housework, their mother thought hard and came up with this idea. Of    course, the parents did the housework on the weekends and left Jim and Robert two days free.
【小题1】 From the passage we know that most children like       .

A．doing housework

B．playing computer games

C．playing cards

D．doing housework

【小题2】 Jim and Robert chose         card for the weekdays from Monday to Friday.

A．two

B．four

C．eight

D．ten

【小题3】 Jim likes to           .

A．clean the bathroom

B．make the bed

C．feel the fish

D．sweep the floor

【小题4】 The underlined phrase “came up with” probably means “         ”.

A．looked at

B．gave up

C．thought of

D．believed in

【小题5】Who did the housework on the weekends?

A．Jim

B．Robert

C．The parents

D．The whole family

Listening to an Ipod, playing loud video games and going to see the movies are harmful to your hearing. ___71____

Block(堵住)，walk and turn—that’s what hearing scientists want you to do when you face a loud noise. Block the noise from entering your ears.    72    And turn it down.

About 15% of all school-age children live with some hearing loss. And it’s a growing problem. _   73  

Block It Out!

    74    It starts at zero. Sounds that are too loud or sounds that last too long can harm the inner ear’s hair cells (细胞)。 Most people don’t  know that listening to headphones at full volume(音量) is harmful. So turn down the volume and protect your ears.

What’s Too Loud?

   75   And 60 decibels is totally safe.

 

A. A 2011 study by Harvard Medical School found that teenage girl have more hearing problems than teenager boys. B. Your body might try to warn you when a sound is too loud to be safe. C. Walk away from it. D. Loud noise can break the inner ear, but we can avoid the noise pollution. E. the sound unit is decibel(分贝)。